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Benjamin Bates Data News Weekly Contributor In New Orleans the recovery is beginning as electricity is being restored in much of the City of New Orleans. As of our press date, itÕs been predicted by […]

In our role as “The People’s Paper” the alarm has been sounded as Hurricane Ida ripped through our City. In its aftermath, it presented some new challenges to us all. It’s reminded us of Katrina, […]

Renée Dugué Co-Founder Reborn and Rising Sixteen sweet years ago I was summertime fine, looking like a SU Dancing Doll, prancing through Harrah’s Casino. Although I had exchanged my showgirl costume for an oversized purple […]

Terrol Perkins Data News Weekly Contributor Throughout the ages, through the times, Black men have always thrived. Through thick and thin, our community Remains intact from within. The Black queen remains triumphant Despite having to […]

>Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League NEW YORK – In the four years since we lost Comedian and Civil Rights Activist Dick Gregory, his powerful voice has been missed amid the recent broadening and intensifying […]

Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League This Saturday, July 31st, we remember and celebrate Whitney Moore Young, Jr., on the centennial of his birth. Young served at the helm of the National […]

Terrol Perkins Data News Weekly Contributor When I received my first vaccination shot in March of 2021, I was practically willing to do anything in order to resume my normal life pre-COVID. I, like most, […]

Renée Dugué Co-Founder Reborn and Rising With the heights of heat soaring as we reach our deep Southern summer, I’m reminded of life in The Desire, and somebody saving us from sweltering by opening the […]